Meet Our Staff Meet Katrina, North Center's General Manager! Katrina will be managing the new North Center location when we open in March 2019. When Katrina started this past fall, she got to experience her first
May is National Water Safety Month Could you save a drowning child? Before you find yourself in that frightening scenario, learn everything you can to prevent it from happening in the first place. May is National Water Safety Month,
Meet Kate, A Big Blue Swimmer Turned College Athlete! We recently received an email from a family updating us on one of our old swimmers: John, Chris, and Mike I wanted to let you know that one of your very first swim
Swim Lessons Is Your Swimmer the Next Gertrude Ederle? Even as a kid, Gertrude Ederle of New York City loved being in the water. She swam and played in the pool and at the New Jersey beach where her family spent the
Swim Lessons Should Kids Wear Goggles During Their Swim Lesson? Buying swim goggles for kids can be overwhelming. So many styles, so many choices. Sometimes you might be tempted to just buy your kids the cheapest swim goggles online in the coolest color and call it a day. You could be making a mistake.
Ideas It's Not Too Cold for a Dip in the Pool, but Be Safe Despite Chicagoland’s damp chill, many families are putting on swimsuits and swim shorts and heading to indoor water parks to bring a little bit of summer into their winter. Families are packing
Teachers Awesome Teachers! Your kid loves to have fun! So do Big Blue teachers when teaching lessons.
Swim Lessons Turn the Crying into Smiling! New experiences can be overwhelming for kids. Learning to swim is no different. At Big Blue Swim School, we make sure that experience is as comfortable as possible, but it's still not uncommon
Swim Lessons Why Do Our Swim Lessons Work so Fast? It's as Simple as E.D.M.C. Our approach to teaching swim lessons leads kids to learn and make progress faster. What's our method? Explain, Demonstrate, Mimic, and Correct!
Benefits of Multiple Weekly Swim Lessons We know when you swim with Big Blue your child will make more progress than anywhere else. We also know if you add a second weekly swim lesson, your child will make progress
Review Parents Love Big Blue Our Niles location maintained a perfect 5-star rating throughout all of 2017 on YELP! Thank you to all of our Niles customers who made this special recognition from Yelp possible!
Parenting What to Look for in a Teacher Does your kid love their teachers? It takes a special person to be a good teacher, someone who can create an environment where kids not only learn but also discover the joy of
5 Necessities to Look for When Scheduling Swim Lessons Erika Dawson, from the blog Faithful Moms, says Big Blue has all 5 necessities a swim school should have when looking for swim lessons: Trained Teachers Safety Pool Temp Flexibility for Families Affordibility
A New Year, A New You Got your New Year’s Resolutions? Make sure they include patience and perseverance! It can take up to 66 days to replace an old habit, according to research at the University College London.
Fun for Kids During Winter Break The winter school break is here. What are you going to do with the kids? Here are some ways you can create some old-fashioned bonding time: Make fluffy, stretchy, colorful slime out of
Ideas Big Blue's Gift Giving Ideas for the Holiday Season Check out our list for the top experience gifts this season. Studies have shown why people, especially kids, should get experience gifts - money spent on “doing” tends to provide more enduring happiness
Review The Gift of Swim from The Little Style File If you know me in real life or have been an avid TLSF reader than you know that swimming is very important to me. Growing up my dad put a huge emphasis on
Review Discover the Big Blue Difference All swim lessons are the same, right? Wrong! From teachers to swim conditions, swim lessons really do vary from place to place. With knowing how to swim being such an important life skill,
Big Blue's Regional Manager, Mike Thoma, Talks Baby Blue Benefits Regional Manager, Mike Thoma, talks about his professional and personal experiences with our Baby Blue program. Q- How long have you been with Big Blue Swim School? A- I started in late 2010
Review GIT Mom Approves of Big Blue! It’s the holiday season which means it’s shopping frenzy season! I love to shop and am always on the look out for the next best thing, especially for us mammas. Thanksgiving
Review Read about Tiaras and Tantrums' experience with swim lessons at Big Blue Hoffman Estates "My son had his first swimming lesson when he was six months old. My oldest daughter also had her first swimming lesson when she was six months old. When my youngest daughter
Swim School Boat-to-Float Challenge Our Hoffman Estates location challenged our other locations to a Boat-to-Float contest. Check out our teachers' creativity and the fun they had building their boats. Niles taking charge Buffalo Grove on the throne
Celebrating a Month of Gratitude "The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.” ~ Oscar Wilde This month, Big Blue Swim School will be celebrating November with a theme of gratitude! Now through November
